1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment

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26th Infantry Regiment

Contents 1 “Blue Spaders” Lineage and Honors 2 Campaign Participation Credit 3 Decorations 4 Sources

“Blue Spaders” Lineage and Honors

• Organized 25 December 1900 in the Regular Army at the Presidio of San Francisco, California, as Company A, 1st Provisional Battalion of Infantry
• Consolidated 7 February 1901 with Company A, 26th Infantry (constituted 2 February 1901 in the Regular Army), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 26th Infantry (26th Infantry assigned 8 June 1917 to the 1st Expeditionary Division [later redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division])
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battle Group, 26th Infantry, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
• Relieved 14 April 1959 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division
• Relieved 24 October 1962 from assignment to the 8th Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Infantry Division
• Relieved 15 February 1963 from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division
• Reorganized and redesignated 13 January 1964 as the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry
• Inactivated 24 February 1983 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division
• Headquarters transferred 3 April 1987 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Dix, New Jersey
• Inactivated 15 January 1996 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and withdrawn from the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• Battalion assigned 16 February 1996 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated in Germany
• Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment
• Relieved 16 March 2008 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
• Inactivated 15 July 2014 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and relieved from assignment to the 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
• Assigned 16 April 2015 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Campaign Participation Credit

1. Philippine Insurrection
   • Streamer without inscription
2. World War I
   • Montdidier-Noyon
   • Aisne-Marne
   • St. Mihiel
   • Meuse-Argonne
   • Lorraine 1917
   • Lorraine 1918
   • Picardy 1918
3. World War II
   • Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
   • Tunisia
   • Sicily (with arrowhead)
   • Normandy (with arrowhead)
   • Northern France
   • Rhineland
   • Ardennes-Alsace
   • Central Europe
4. Vietnam
   • Defense
   • Counteroffensive
   • Counteroffensive, Phase II
   • Counteroffensive, Phase III
   • Tet Counteroffensive
   • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
   • Counteroffensive, Phase V
   • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
   • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
   • Summer-Fall 1969
   • Winter-Spring 1970
5. War on Terrorism
   • Afghanistan:
     • Consolidation III
   • Iraq:
     • Transition of Iraq
     • Iraqi Governance
     • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered STOLBERG

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Streamer embroidered ADHAMIYAH DISTRICT, BAGHDAD 2006-2007

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AP GU

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered SAMARRA, IRAQ (OCT-NOV 2004)

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered KUNAR PROVINCE 2008

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE - MARNE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE -ARGONNE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY

French Medaille Militaire, Fourragere

Belgian Fourragere 1940

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970

Company B additionally entitled to:

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE FEB-OCT 2007

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE FEB 2006-FEB 2007

Company C additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUL 2013-FEB 2014

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1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Lineage and Honors. U.S. Army Center for Military History. April 25, 2015. Accessed April 11, 2016. http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/inf/0026in001bn.htm.

Sources